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he had gone by ship or else was quarentind [quarantined]
at Mare Island - as he was likely to be we
understood all the camps etc are in quarentine [quarantine]
now owing to Influenza ---

Les is still in U.S. a letter arrived today. He
is impatient to start & thinks the delay
very trying -- We had copies made of your
letter telling about your experece [experience] about
Sept 30th & sent them to all four of the
boys --- Helen says Nor will go simply
wild [underlined] when he reads it --- both with pride
of you & envy at your having the chance!
It was [underlined] remarkable that it "the chance" [inserted] came so soon